I request you to kindly send me the required information for which I shall be thankful to you.

We are doing an anthropometry study, - To study the anthropometric dimensions of the student population and generate data of the students - To measure the dimensions of the various desks available in the class rooms - To compare the dimensions of the desks with the anthropometric measures of students - To find out any mismatch between the anthropometric dimensions and the student desks used - To suggest suitable corrective measures in the design of the student desks.

We need your help and co-operation in this matter to complete our study. We are collecting data and information from various sources. I am enclosing a sheet for the measurements to be taken in the classroom. Kindly give the required information and send it to me at the earliest possible. You can assign the work to some of your students and ask them to compile the data and send it. Any suggestions/advice which helps in improving the study is welcome. smqadir@rediffmail.com

Kindly enter the following dimensions of the student desks available in your campus. The desks shown above are with back rest and without back rest. Kindly ignore the dimensions which are not relevant to the existing design Kindly enter the values of various models if they are different in design or size or shape. S.N o. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Furniture Part Desk Height from floor Desk Depth Desk Length Desk Slope Bench Height Bench Length Bench Depth Backrest Height Backrest Slope Footrest Height at desk or bench or both Distance between desk and bench ( leg clearance ) Thickness Model 1 Model 2 Model 3

Dimensions to be measured in the classsroom

a- Width of the board b- Height of the board d- Height of the platform e- Width of the platform f- Length of the platform =

c- Distance between board and platform or floor(if there is no platform) = = = =

g- Size of the class (length and width)approx.= h- Seating capacity in the class room (approx.)= (if the sizes of the classrooms differ ,kindly give information of at least three different rooms)